ASTRALIS DUO
A voice and piano duo focused on
promoting contemporary music
Rxchel Abrahams is a multidisciplinary artist from Brooklyn, New York. They have worked with artists and productions such as FUERZABRUTA, Third Rail Projects, Shen Wei Dance Arts, Jessica Gaynor Dance.
Rxchel has been a performing collaborator and teaching artist with BODYART Dance since 2012. She has taught masterclasses and performed internationally with Director Leslie Scott. Rxchel shares their work with other artists on various movement projects that are steeped in the spirit of collaboration .
Rachel Slater is a dancer, choreographer, teacher and producer living in New Orleans, LA. She currently co-directs Muddy Feet Contemporary Dance long distance, while pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Dance Performance at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA and working with BODYART Dance. She holds a BFA from Philadelphia's University of the Arts in Modern Dance, with an Emphasis in Choreography. While living on the east coast she danced with and choreographed for Group Motion Multimedia Dance Theater, a number of independent choreographers and co-founded Pink Hair Affair, a Philadelphia-based dance collective.
Rachel's choreography has been presented in festivals around the country such as the Philly Fringe Festival, the REMIX Festival, San Francisco's Women on the Way Festival, 12 Minutes Max and Open Studio in Seattle, JAW Festival, the 1 Festival, Pacific Dance Makers and Alchemy in Portland.